Combined matting-machine



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J. E. & A. J. BOSCH. COMBINED MATTING MACHINE. BASEL, AND TABLE.

No. 421,973. Patented Fb. 25, 1890.

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No. 421,973. Patented Feb 25, 1890.

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UNITED STATES PATENT J. EDWARD Boson AND ANDREW J. Boson, or s'r. Louis,MISSOURI.

COMBINED MATTlNG-MACHINE, EASEL, AND TABLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 421,973, dated February25, 1890.

" Application filed m 19, 1889. Serial No. 318,025. (No model.)

To all 07 ,0117. it may concern.-

Be it known that we, J. EDWARD BOSCH and ANDREW J. BOSCH, citizens ofthe United States, residing at St. Louis, in the State of Missouri, haveinvented certain new and use ful Improvements in a CombinedMatting-Machine, Easel, and Table; and we do declare the following to bea full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as willenable oth ers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and usethe same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to theletters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of thisspecification.

This invention is intended to facilitate the operation of adjusting andfastening mats upon pictures, and is especially adapted to overcome thetendency to curl up and twist into irregular shape common to photographsand other pictures mounted upon card-board. It may also be used as aneasel for crayonwork and similar purposes, and also as a table whenproperly adjusted.

The invention. consists of a quadrupet-al foldable supporting-frame,A-shaped in profile, bearing a rotatory glazed frame or table with meansfor adjusting, holding, and fastening together all sizes of picturesand. mats.

The various features of the invention are illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, in

which- Figure 1 is a front elevation having the glazed frame in positionto inspect the picture and mat. Fig. 2 is a side elevation with theupper portion insect-ion on the line .2 e of Fig. 1 Fig. 3 isja planview of the back of the glazed frame. Figs. 4 and 5 are enlarged viewsof a catch or look. Fig. 6 is a profile of the invention adjusted foruse as an easel and the dotted line showing its adjustment as a table.Fig. 7 is a plan View of the invention arranged for the same uses.

The various parts of the apparatus are referred to by letters, similarletters denoting as corresponding parts in the different views.

by hinges a a.

\ The letter A indicates a wooden supportingframe, which is formed intwo parts, each part having two legs crossbraccd and being connectedtogether at the top and made foldable held in operative position by thejointed arms B B. The hinge-pins d d are made large, fur

They are also connected and nished with screw-heads and nuts, andextended inwardly in the sides of frame ll. On these the frame Erevolves end over end, but may be held or locked in desired positions bythe two devices now to be described.

First, a horizontal spring catch F, actuated by a thumb-screw g, isattached to the inner side of a leg of the frame A near its top andnormally lies close against the said leg, as shown by the top View inFig. i, and 011 the side of the frame E is fixed a short arm 6,projecting forward at about a right angle to the frame. Now when theframe is turned face downward the arm 6 appears opposite the notch finthe catch F, and by turning the screw 91 the catch is forced out, asshown in Fig. 5, until the arm eis caught in the notch f.

Second, a notched arm h is pivoted to a side of the frame F, whosenotches are adapted to engage a button or pin h 011 the inner side of aleg of the supporting frame. By this latter means the frame E is firmlyheld at the desired angle of inclination for use as an easel, aprojecting strip e at one end of the frame affording the necessarybottom support.

The frame E is provided with a strong glass I, laid inflush with therear surface of the frame, and upon 'each side and end of the frame is acleat 2', adapted to hold the ends of a flexible bar K, which iscentrally pivoted to a block Z, 011 whose under side are secured thecurved springs M M.

N is a board, preferably strengthened with springs M M press upon theboard. ber of pegs m m are fitted into'holes m m in the frame, the saidholes passing entirely through the frame, so that the pegs may be whichis pivotally secured to astrut p,- fixed to the frame-leg, and the otherend of which 0 to the end of another strut p, fixed in the same leg. Apin 3 on the inner side of the bar 0 carries a reel or spool tof gummedpaper, whose revolutions are regulated by a wire spring-checku, whichgently presses upon a baton 41, upon either side of which the. A num isreinovably connected by an eye q and key.

pushed back out of the way from either side a picture y, also facedownward.

a horizontal position, the board N and bar K 1 are removed, and a mat a:is laid face downward upon the frame and glass, the pegs m m keeping itin place.

The board N is then laid on the picture and the bar K put in position,its ends being turned under the end cleats 't' t'. The frame is thenturned over and the picture moved to exactly the right place by means ofthe bar K, which on being moved in any direction moves with it the boardN and the picture.

reel 25 and the sides of the picture fastened to the mat. The bar K isthen turned under the side cleats t' 't' and the ends of the picturegummed to the mat. With refractory pictures it is best to leave themunder pressure until the gummed paper is thoroughly dried.

To use this apparatus as an easel or table, a board V, of properthickness to lie flush with the-front side of the frame, is fitted intoits sight-opening upon the glass I, the pegs m m are pushed back, andthe frame set horizontally or at an inclination by the notched arm h.

Having described our invention, what we claim, and desire to secure byLetters Patent, 1s

1. An improved method of matting pictures, consisting in laying the matface downward upon a rotary glazed frame, then laying the picture, alsoface downward, upon the mat, and holding the picture thereon by means ofa board removably held in place by a springarm held by cleats attachedto the edges of said frame, and in attaching the picture to the mat withgummed paper, as herein described.

2. An improved apparatus for matting pictures, which consists in afoldable supporting-frame formed in two parts suitably connected aboutmidway by elbow-braces and hinged together at the top, the hinge-pinsbeing extended inwardly to form lateral supports for a rotary glazedframe, and a pressing-board controlled by an elastic cross-arm removablyheld by cleats on said rotary frame, as herein set forth.

3. An improvement in apparatus for matting pictures, consisting in asuitable supporting-frame, to which is attached a horizontal catchactuated by a thumb-screw and adapted to engage a short arm fixed on aro- Upon the mat is laid When the picture is adjusted in the mat, theframe is turned face downward again and-locked by the catch F. Paper isnow drawn from the v tating glazed frame and to hold it in the desiredposition, the said rotating frame being journaled in the saidsupporting-frame and having edge cleats adapted to detachably hold the.ends of an elastic cross-bar which is pivotedto a central block, andwhich, with its curved springs, bears upon a board adapted to press uponand removably hold a picture upon its mat until they are fastenedtogether, as herein described.

4. In a matting-machine consisting in a supporting-frame, to which isjournaled a glazed frame, and means for holding a picture and mattogether on said glazed frame, a gummed paper-holder formed of a barhaving a central shaft to receive a roll of paper, said bar beingsupported at one end by a strut fixed on said supporting-frame, and atits other end being detachably connected to another strut on the sameframe, and a wire spring-check to regulate the motion of the roll,substantially as herein described.

.5. A matting-machine having a supportingframe A, made foldable byhinges a a and jointed arms B B, hinge-pins dd, extended to enter andsupport a rotary frame E, a glass I in said frame E, laid flush with itsrear surface, cleats t' 11 on the sides and ends of frame E, adapted tohold the ends of a springbar K, which is centrally pivoted on the blockZ, which has the curved springs M M, adapted to press upon a board Noneither side of its baton a, an arm 6, fixed on the side of the frame Eso as to be caught in the notch fof a catch F, fixed to the frame A,when the said catch F is forced into position by the thumb-screw g, agummed paper-holder attached to the frame A, formed of a shaftbearingbar 0, supported at one end pivotally and at the other end detachablyupon struts fixed to the frame A, and a spring-check a, pegs m m,peg-holes m on through and a strip e on an end of the said frame, and anotched arm h on the side of frame E, adapted to catch upon the pin itof the frame A, as herein set forth.

6. In a combined matting-machine, easel, and table, a frame A,supporting a rotary frame E, having means for adjusting and fasteningtogether a picture and mat, a strip e on an end and a notched bar on aside of said frame E, adapted to catch upon a pin on said frame A, and aboard V, fitted into the sight-opening of the frame E and flush with 'inpresence of two witnesses.

J. EDWARD RQSCH. ANDREW J. BOSCH. Witnesses:

H. J. ARMBRUSTER, TILLIE QUIM.

